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Governor Newsom Allocates an Additional $42 Million for Emergency Coronavirus Funding

March 23, 2020 4:00 pm

During the weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom allocated $42 million in healthcare funding to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus in California. $30 million, the majority of the amount, will go towards leasing two medical centers in California. Both St. Vincent Medical Center...

Los Angeles County Introduces Stricter ‘Stay at Home’ Measures

March 23, 2020 1:28 pm

Only days after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti set some of the harshest COVID-19 coronavirus ‘stay at home’ restrictions in the state, Los Angeles County announced late Sunday that more restrictions would now be put into place for the entire...

AB 5 Making Coronavirus Crisis Worse in California’s Rural Areas Lacking Independent Healthcare Contractors

March 23, 2020 12:40 pmMarch 24, 2020 6:32 am

Two California politicians and thousands of Californians who are independent contractors, gig economy workers, and freelancers, are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to use his Emergency Powers to suspend Assembly Bill 5’s restrictions on independent contracting during the COVID-19 crisis....

Types of Bill Amendments in the California Legislature

March 23, 2020 6:05 amMarch 23, 2020 6:10 am

In the California Legislature, there are several types of amendments that can be made to measures, including bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments. To begin, an amendment is defined by Legislative Counsel as an alteration to a bill, motion, resolution, or...

Do the Numbers in the Coronavirus Outbreak Justify Tanking the Economy?

March 22, 2020 10:15 amMarch 22, 2020 10:44 am

Perusing the daily headlines alerting readers about the Coronavirus outbreak could make anyone want to self-quarantine. But the numbers aren’t the entire story when broken down. Deliberate omissions of important information tell the full story: Coronavirus is spreading, and more...

Los Angeles Homeless Look at a Lose-Lose Scenario During Coronavirus Pandemic

March 22, 2020 8:05 amMarch 23, 2020 12:41 pm

While the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep through California and the world, California’s homeless population faces a crisis that they have not yet seen on this scale before. A “lose-lose” situation for the homeless in Los Angeles In Los...

Grassroots Infrastructure for Initiatives and Recalls is Growing in California

March 21, 2020 9:22 amMarch 23, 2020 6:14 am

What California’s state legislators and elite power structure have not reckoned on, however, is the growing potential for activists, linked together and coordinated using online resources, to put transformative initiatives, referendums and recalls onto the state ballot. Earlier this...